The telenovela star told Univision News he was with actress Maribel Fernandez and another friend traveling to Houston, Texas to give a show at friend's birthday party when agents began interrogating them. He explained:

"Everyone was taken to a room to be interrogated. The immigration officer told me not to play with her intelligence and I said do not play with my rights because I am not coming to work."

Bonavides insisted he was traveling as a tourist — and had the corresponding visa for it — but the immigration agent didn't trust him. Even though he was performing the event for free, officials told the actor he was traveling into the states to work.

From there on, the interrogation just got more humiliating for the 76-year-old. He continued: